COLONISE

colonize, colonise

(verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); “The British colonized the East Coast”

colonize, colonise

(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; “Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

colonise (third-person singular simple present colonises, present participle colonising, simple past and past participle colonised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

Anagrams

• colonies, eclosion

Source: Wiktionary